42 CARE AND TRAINING OF TROTTERS. 



in 33 seconds. On September i8 he was started 

 for a record, and trotted in 2:20. A few days 

 later he trotted in 2:41, then 2:27. On Sept. 30 

 he was driven a mile in 2 :2i%, last half in i :o6%, 

 last quarter in •.32%. The next day he was given 

 slow jog work, and the following day (Oct. 2) 

 started publicly to beat 2:20, and trotted a mile 

 in 2:15^, breaking all yearling trotting records. 

 This was the last of his fast work for che year. 

 He was kept up and jogged for a while and let 

 down gradually. Airdale was broken as a wean- 

 ling and trained and driven as a yearling by 

 Hunter C. Moody, who uses the system explained 

 above on almost all of the colts he trains. He 

 does not favor leading colts beside of, or ahead 

 of, a pony. 



P'eter Volo, i, 2:19, that was the champion 

 yearling trotter for about six weeks, and second 

 only to Airdale, was foaled April 25, 191 1. He 

 'was weaned about October i, and halter broken 

 and led beside a pony. The usual custom at the 

 farm where he was foaled is for colts to be 

 groimd broken shortly after January i, but not 

 hitched in shafts until about March i, when they 

 are driven through the fields barefooted.. But in 

 the case of Peter Volo it was expected to sell him 

 at auction in May, so he was not ground broken, 

 but trained beside a pony in the spring. He went 

 to the sale, but was bid in and returned to the 

 fariu, He was hitched to a cart for the first time 



